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CAN YOU DIG IT? - Grant County Public Library hosted a groundbreaking ceremony March 9, kicking off construction of the new addition for the library. The plans include a children’s room and large meeting room, along with remodeling the library to make a teen area, a smaller meeting room for programs and additional space for staff and storage. Construction is set to begin in the next two to three weeks and it’s expected to be finished within a year weather permitting. Library patrons, library staff and community leaders were in attendance, including Grant County Judge-Executive Steve Wood, Williamstown Mayor Rick Skinner, Grant County Magistrates Jacqalynn Riley and Shawna Coldiron, Grant County Deputy Judge-Executive Pat Conrad, the designer of the new addition Noah Onkst of Robert Ehmet Hayes & Associates Architects and GCPL Director Susan Nimersheim. Photo by Amanda Kelly